Long time China watchers, or those just amused with the way that things seems to be going around in circles these days in the Poltiburo might remember that a similar site was launched in 2007 ahead of the Olympics, which promptly crashed under the weight of users trying to log on. Xinhua tried it's best to put a positive spin on the whole thing by saying that "The enthusiasm that greeted the launch of the website reflects the growing frustration felt by the general public towards corruption at government level," failing to point out that the number of people trying to report corrupt officials was tantamount to the site being DDOSed.
Down but not out, they tried again in 2011, when a series of websites carrying the "I Bribed" moniker flickered out of existence with little in the way of explanation. Having been granted a license to operate the site, a number of hurried revisions were made to the sites mission statement, going from “Uncover the true faces of corrupt government officials” to “Reveal the harmfulness of corruption” in a few hours. A couple of days after the site went live, announcements were made on Sina.com that the owners had shut down operations.
With one official site crushed by the eager masses, and two others that close their doors in a little under two days, we can only wonder how long the new site will last.
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